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Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)

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Roger Faulques

French military officer and mercenary

Roger Louis Faulques, also known as René Faulques, was a French military officer and mercenary. A graduate of the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, he served as a paratrooper officer in the French Foreign Legion, and later as a mercenary in conflicts in Africa and the…
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Mercenary

Soldier who fights for hire

A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests.
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November 6

Day of the year

November 6 is the 310th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.
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